Sergey Vladimirovich Polyakov (Russian: Сергей Владимирович Поляков, born May 3, 1951 in

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) is a Russian-American scientist performing research for USPolyResearch. He is best known for his R&D in space technology and chemical engineering including the theoretical and experimental studies of the performance of

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s (LSS) for Soviet interplanetary spaceships and the MIR and ALPHA orbital stations using a in th
Institute for Biomedical Problems
(Russian Space Agency Center). Developed an integrated approach to the design of air revitalization and water reclamation/conditioning system from human wastes on the basis of energy-efficient membrane and depth-filtration methods (membrane evaporation, ultra/micro filtration, reverse osmosis).

Biography

Sergey Polyakov received MS in engineering physics from the

Kharkiv Polytechnical Institute The National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" (NTU "KhPI") ( uk, Національний технічний університет "Харківський політехнічний інститут"), in the city of Kha ...

(1974), PhD in space technology from th
Institute for Biomedical Problems
(

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, 1982). His major job track record includes the leading engineer and research consultant in the LSS department of th
Institute for Biomedical Problems
(1978 to 1985, 1992 to 1997); head of laboratory at th
All-Union Electrotechnical Institute

(1985 to 1987), senior researcher at the All-Russian Nuclear Power Engineering Research and Development Institute,

(1987 to 1992), and researcher at USPolyResearch, USA (2002 to present).

Major scientific achievements

Sergey Polyakov developed theoretical principles for designing an energy-efficient closed loop system of water reclamation from human wastes for a space flight to Mars, which is based on the combination of membrane and conventional filtration methods, including depth filtration and adsorption. The system prototype was successfully tested in long-term ground-based experiments. Sergey Polyakov also developed a set of original approximate methods for calculating the mass transfer and hydrodynamic characteristics of membrane systems in membrane evaporation, reverse osmosis, and ultra/microfiltration.

References

External links

All-Union Electrotechnical Institute website

- on the site of the

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

Institute for Biomedical Problems website

* ttp://www.uspolyresearch.com USPolyResearch website* - documentary about the Martian simulator at the Institute for Biomedical Problems {{DEFAULTSORT:Polyakov, Sergey 1951 births Living people Russian chemists Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute alumni American chemical engineers Scientists from Kharkiv